https://communities.bentley.com/members/2aea1ba4_2d00_6e9f_2d00_4a3c_2d00_9930_2d00_dcd4c3e883cfJonathan Dell's recent activityen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/460ac7df-7ccc-4c42-a204-9e05eef3be09Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:43:57 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:4e5ad51c-c3c2-44c8-8274-17494067ad0aAsk a question in a forum.https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/227724/ram-connections-base-plate-weldsTue, 29 Mar 2022 16:00:59 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a3d1f4bc-2540-4f3e-bf3c-c4026d1f7dbbJonathan Dell<p>I&#39;m designing column baseplate connections with braces and am noticing that there is no demand being applied for the column weld checks. There are moments and vertical forces being applied even if axial forces are being considered to transfer directly&nbsp;to the plate due to full bearing.&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5932/pastedimage1648568460593v3.png" alt=" " /></p> <p>I can see in the formulas that&nbsp;the demand is zero because the of the T value. How is this value being determined? Under notation it indicates that this value is the required strength for anchor rods, I am not clear why this is&nbsp;used for determining the demands for the welds.</p> <p><img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5932/pastedimage1648569444595v4.png" alt=" " /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>